Gibson SG Special Electric Guitar with Gig Bag
The Gibson SG Special... Quality Gibson specifications with an exceptional price! With it's distinctive tone, the SG has remained one of the most popular Gibson's ever for over 40 years. Built in the USA, the body and la long neck joint for improved sustain & high-end punch. The Special also features a rosewood fretboard for increased highs and years of solid performance. 40 years ago, the rock sound of the SG made it required equipment & that sound is as right today as it was then. Other features include Gibson 490 humbuckers, a 1-piece mahogany set-in neck, 22 frets, chrome hardware and the '50s SG shape neck. Price includes gig bag. Gibson SG Special Features Solid Mahogany Body with Nitrocellulose Finish "50s Rounded Neck Profile with Set-Neck Construction 22-Fret Rosewood Fingerboard with Nickel/Silver Frets Gibson"s 490R and 490T Pickups Tune-O-Matic Bridge Angled Headstock and Adjustable Truss Rod Dot Inlays and the Gibson Logo Gig Bag Included Gibson"s 490 (R) Rhythm and (T) Treble Pickup The mid to late 1960s saw the emergence of a very different type of music coming from the clubs of England. It was an interpretation of the blues that hadn"t been heard before, and it was much harder, more rocking, and definitely louder than anything else before it. As such, this new genre"s players were demanding more powerful amplifiers with increased volume outputs to satisfy their sonic explorations. This led to a call for a more versatile pickup that could split coils through a push/pull knob, and prevent microphonic feedback from occurring when the volumes were turned up to maximum levels. Gibson answered this call with the introduction of the revolutionary 490T and 490R pickups ( T for treble, and R for rhythm), which has the traditional characteristics of the original Patent Applied For pickups, but with two key modifications. First, a four-conductor wiring scheme allows the 490s to be connected to any push/pull knob, which lets players split the coils and increase versatility. Gibson also introduced wax potting, which does away with any air space, minimalizing microphonic feedback. The 490R is a humbucker with the tonal characteristics of an original PAF, with a slight increase in upper mid-range response. The 490T bridge pickup is calibrated to match the 490R, with pole pieces aligned a little further apart to accommodate the spacing of the strings at the bridge, which is different than the spacing of the strings at the neck. "50s Rounded Neck Profile No guitar neck profiles are more distinguishable than the neck profiles employed on the Gibson models of today. The more traditional "50s neck profile on the SG Special is the thicker, rounder profile, emulating the neck shapes found on the iconic 1958 and 1959 Les Paul Standards. The neck is machined in Gibso
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